Women's Champions League LIVE: Hoffenheim v Arsenal score & updates

Summary

Arsenal needed to avoid defeat by five or more goals to qualify for quarter-finals
Hagel scored a quickfire double and Corley added another as hosts scored three in five minutes
Brand had put hosts ahead before Wienroither diverted into her own goal
Gunners beat Hoffenheim 4-0 in the reverse fixture in October

Live Reporting

Andrew Aloia

Postpublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021
Hoffenheim v Arsenal (20:00 GMT)
The most interesting bit of team news tonight is the fact that Lydia Williams is the only goalkeeper Arsenal have available to them.
Manu Zinsberger is out with illness and hasn’t travelled with the squad. It is understood that Hermione Cull could not travel because of current restrictions in Germany.
Fran Stenson, the other keeper on the Gunners' books, was out on loan earlier in the season and wasn't part of the club's original squad for the competition.
Postpublished at 19:55 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021
Hoffenheim v Arsenal (20:00 GMT)
Just over five minutes until kick-off.
Arsenal players were looking pretty happy about the task ahead earlier tonight.
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Team newspublished at 19:52 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021
Hoffenheim v Arsenal (20:00 GMT)
Hoffenheim make two changes from the side that beat Koge in the Champions League last week.
Gia Corley and Sarai Linder come in, while Nicole Billa drops to the bench and Luana Buhler misses out.
Hoffenheim:Tufekovic, Wienroither, Specht, Feldkamp, Naschenweng, Dongus, Corley, Hagel, Linder, De Caigny, Brand.
Arsenal captain Kim Little returns to the starting line up after coming off the bench in Sunday's WSL win against Leicester City.
Little's inclusion is one of four changes made by boss Jonas Eidevall, with Jen Beattie, Frida Maanum and Steph Catley also coming in. Jordan Nobbs, Nikita Parris, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Simone Boye Sorensen drop to the bench.
Lydia Williams is the only goalkeeper available for Arsenal tonight and starts.
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As it stands...published at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021
Hoffenheim v Arsenal (20:00 GMT)
With one group game to go, this is how it looks in Group C.
It certainly is advantage Arsenal headed to Hoffenheim tonight.
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Welcomepublished at 19:46 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021
Hoffenheim v Arsenal (20:00 GMT)
A very festive hello to one and all for what is a decisive Women's Champions League night in Group C.
Arsenal travel to Hoffenheim for what is - but isn't really - a straight shootout for a quarter-final spot.
The Gunners are guaranteed a spot in the next phase if they win or draw.
Even a defeat would see them through, as long as Hoffenheim don't win by a five or more goals. And it is for that reason that it is difficult to see it as a 'straight shootout' between these two.
Postpublished at 19:45 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021
Win...
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Lose...
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Or draw.
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Any of those three results (as long as the defeat is not too heavy) would see Arsenal book a quarter-final spot in the Women's Champions League quarter-finals.